Examinations of national identity and nationalism have been and remain a staple of
historical research for medievalists and modernists alike. Works have considered the …

In justly celebrated recent publications, Linda Colley has argued that the experience of
waging war during the eighteenth century helped to develop a growing sense of British …

EIGHTEENTH-CENTURY armed conflicts have been identified by some historians as one of
the ingredients promoting a popular sense of Britishness. Linda Colley, in particular, has …

The academic study of the history of nationalism has witnessed a veritable explosion over
the past two decades. Most of these recent analyses have tended to stress the 'modernity'of …

National identities in the British Isles have been a neglected subject of study for a long time,
though interest has been growing recently. Why the neglect, and why the new interest? This …

PEOPLES are back on the historian's agenda. Their return to the historical limelight, or at
least out of the historical shadows, is doubtless in part a response to the growing awareness …

This article considers some of the ways in which the 'New British History'has influenced the
study of the civil wars in Britain and Ireland during the mid‐seventeenth century. It examines …

This article explores the national identities that were constructed in Britain in and around
memorial activity in the aftermath of the Great War, and attempts to set them in context. It is …

The 1917 call for a national memorial to the First World War led to the establishment of the
Imperial War Museum in London. It also inspired Scottish, Welsh and Irish national …

This book explores the impact of the wars of 1739-63 on Britain and Ireland. The period was
dominated by armed struggle between Britain and the Bourbon powers, particularly France …